LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Masks! Masks! Masks! How many ways can reporters ask the same questions about masks? I watch the President’s daily briefings on the coronavirus and am amazed as each day an hour or more is spent on questions about masks. Reporters don’t listen; they just ask. Enough already!

Goofy questions do bother me, but other things bother me, too. I have lots of time to be bothered while practicing social distancing.

I can’t understand, for example, why people say “in order to” when 99 percent of the time “to” will do. I guess “in order to” sounds much more important than “to.” Dumb.

Not half as dumb, however, as saying “exact same.” “Exact” and “same” are synonyms, boys and girls. You may as well say “same same,” “same exact” or “exact exact.” They are all redundancies that grate on the ear, especially now.

My body may survive the coronavirus, but I fear for my mind. It could be a goner.